The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-12-02

how 1 treat the disobedient. Well, she
has gone; and now let mo see the YOUTH"
and she glided toward the couch ON which
Leo lay, with his face in the shadow and
turned to the wall.
II hath a noble shape" she said as
she bent over him to look upon his face.
Next second her tall and willowy form
was staggering back across the room, rs
though she had been shot orstabbed, stag
gering back till at last she struck tie
cavern we'll, and then there bursu from
her lips the most awful and unearthly
scream that / ever heard in all my life.
what is 1t, Ayesha?" l cried. els he
dead!"
sShe turned, and sprang toward me like a
tigress.
"Thou dog!" she said, in her terrible
whisper, which sounded like the hiss of o
snake; "why didst thou hide this from
ine?" and she stretched put her arm, and
Thought she wa going to slav me.
"Whnts" I calculated, In the most lively
lerror--'what?"
"Ah!" she said, 'pcrchance thou didst
not know. Learn, my Holly, learn; there
lies-therel lies my lost kallikrates. Kalli-
krates, who has come back to me at last,
rs l knew he would-as I knew he would;"
and she began to sob and to laugh, and
generally to go on like n other lady who
is q little upset, murmuring "Kallikrates,
Knllikrates."
'Nonsense." thought I to myself. but I
did not like to say it; and, indeed, Mt that
moment 1 was thinking of Leo's life, hav-
ing forgotten everything else in that terri
bic anxiety. What l feared now was that
he should die whilst she was carrying on"
"Unless thou canst help him, Ayesha,"
! put in, by way of a reminder, "thy KALI
1srates will soon be fur beyond thy calling.
Surely he dieth even now"
'True.' she said, with a start. "Oh,
why did mot come before? lam unnerved
my hand trcmbles, wen mine-and yet
it is very easy. Here, thou Holly, take
this phial," and She produced a tiny jar of
pottery from the folds Of her garment,
"and pour the liquid in it down his throat.
1t will cure him ii he be not dead. Swift
now, swift! the man dics!"
Iglanced toward him; it was true enough,
Leo was in his dcath-struggle. / saw his
poor face turning ashen, and the breath
began to rattle in his throat. The vial
was stoppercd with q little piece of wood.
! drew it with my teeth, and q drop Of tho
duid within flew upon my tongue. It had
o sweet flavor, md for n second made my
head swim and n mist gather before my
eyes, but happily the effect passed away us
swiftly as it had arisen.
When 1 reached Leo's side he was plainly
eSpiring-his golden heal was slowly turn
ing from sid to side, and his mouth was
slightly open. called to Ayesha to hold
his head, and this she managed to do,
though the woman was quivering from
head to foot, like an aspen leaf or startled
horse. Then, forcing the jaw q little more
open, I poured the contents of the vial into
his mouth. Instantly o little vapor arose
'FRONT.' II, rs happen when one isturbs nitric
acid, and this sight did not increase my
hopes, already faint enough, Of the efficacy
Of the treatment.
One thing, however, was certain, the
death throcs ceased-at first I thought be-
cause he had got beyond them, and crossed
the awful river. His face turned q livid
pallor, and his heart beats, which had been
feeble enough before, seemed to die away
altogether-only the eyelid still twitched q
little. In my doubt I looked upat Ayesha,
whose head-wrapping had slipped back in
her excitement when she went Keeling
ncross the room. She was still holding
Leo's head, and with a face as pale as his,
watching his countenance, with such an
expression Of agonized anxiety rs I have
never seen before. Clearly she did not
knowtf he would live or die. Five minutes
passed, and l sew that she was abandoning
hope; her lovely oval face seemed to fall
In and grow visibly thinner beneath the
pressure osa mental agony, whose pencil
drew black lines abott the hollows Of her
eyes. The coral faded'even from her lips,
till they were as white as Leo's face. and
quivered pitifully. 1t was shocking to see
her, even In my W grief I felt for hers.
.Is It too later" l gasped.
She hid her face in her hands, and made
no answer, and I, too, turned away. But
a. I did so I heard q deep-drawn breath,
and looking down perceived a line of color
creeping up Ieo's face, then another and
another, and then-wonder of wonders
the man we had thought dead turned over
on his side.
s'Thou seest." I said, in a whisper.
~ see, size answered, hoarsely. "He is
saved. Thought we were too late; anoth-
or monochrome little moment more-and
ne nau ueen gomez" n She Dursr into q.
awful food of tears, sobbing as though hel
heart would break, and yet managing te
look lovelier than ever, as she did it. Al
last she ceased.
Forgive me, my Holly-forgive me fol
my weakness" she said. ssThou seest. Of
: ter all, I am a very woman. Thinkz
think Of II. This morpipa1f
OF tho place Of 10
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